Astragalus didymocarpus Hook. & Arn. var. didymocarpus

Hesperastragalusr gen. nov.
Slender branched annuals. Leaves alternate, the stipules
distinct and almost free from the petiole; leaflets few to many,
the blades usually narrow and notched at the apex. Flowers
perfect, crowded in usually short-cylindrical heads. Calyx
somewhat campanulate, the lobes about equal. Corolla some
shade of purple or violet, very small, barely 2 mm. long. Sta-
mens 10; filaments diadelphous; anthers alike. Ovary sessile.
Ovules two only. Pod broadly ovoid, about as broad as long
(2-3 mm), didymous, 2-celled and 2-seeded, the seeds about fill-
ing the cavity.
Type Astragalus didymocarpus H. & A.	' '
PLANTS OF CALIFORNIA
Kern County
Extmlnid f«r	^600 HESPERASTRAGALUS DiüYMOCARPTlS (H. & A.) Heller
wnftTH AMERICAN FLOM
NEW YORK BOTANICAL GARDEN
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Near Kern
Ai A. Heller, Collector
April 6, 1905
Hesperastragalus didymocarpus (H. & A.)
Astragalus didymocarpus H. & A. Bot. Beech. 334. 1840.
Tragacantka didymocarpa Kuntze, Rev. Gen. PL 2: 944.
1891.
No. 7600, collected April 6, on the rising plain northeast of
Kern, Kern county, in gravelly ground. The flowers in these
specimens were a reddish purple, the branches ascending or
erect. The type was evidently collected somewhere south of
Montrey, as it does not occur as far north as the Bay region.
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ANNOTATION LABEL
Astragalus didymocarpus H. & A.
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